Gaps on the Syrian border make it difficult to maintain security in Baghdad and liberated areas

[size=52]Gaps on the Syrian border make it difficult to maintain security in Baghdad and liberated areas[/size]

[size=45]The Joint Operations Command announced that it had thwarted an infiltration attempt by ISIS from Syrian territory. Dirt mounds and sophisticated cameras installed by the security forces on the border failed to prevent the infiltration of militants from Syria into Iraq. The UN Security Council has confirmed that ISIS is still able to launch operations in the border areas between Iraq and Syria, despite the challenges it faces, including the loss of a number of its leaders in 2020.[/size]
[size=45]In an analytical report published by Al-Mada in early February, the Council estimated the number of ISIS fighters in the two countries at about ten thousand, most of them in Iraq. The UN Security Council report said that ISIS's ability to carry out attacks in conflict areas is greater than in safe areas.[/size]
[size=45]A member of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, MP Abdul Khaleq Al-Azzawi, confirmed that it is not ruled out that ISIS's recent activity in Iraqi cities is linked to the Syrian Al-Hol camp.[/size]
[size=45]Military expert Brigadier Adnan al-Kinani said, “There is an academy to teach ISIS ideology in Al-Hol camp, which houses nearly 65,000 people, and due to the absence of humanitarian services, this has led to hatred being planted in their hearts. There are nine thousand women, including ISIS princesses, who teach ISIS ideology. ”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Kinani continued: “There are intelligence agencies trying to exploit the camp’s residents, as it is a bomb that was planted on the Iraqi-Syrian border, which may affect all countries of the world, and this camp represents the background administrative services for ISIS elements.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Kinani added, “There are more than 30,000 Iraqis in this camp, around 24,000 Syrians, and up to 9,500 foreign women and young men, and this camp was initially for ISIS women and children, and over time these children turned into boys and young men. And this region has become a safe haven for them. ”[/size]
[size=45]The infiltration of the militants is causing pressure on the security forces in a number of governorates.[/size]
[size=45]"Our heroic security forces in the seventeenth infantry division managed to thwart an infiltration attempt by armed elements within their area of ​​responsibility, after their movement was monitored by thermal cameras," the Baghdad Operations Command stated in a statement received by Al-Mada.[/size]
[size=45]She added, "The security force managed to kill one of the terrorists and dismantle his explosive belt."[/size]
[size=45]In another context, the Popular Mobilization Authority stated, in a statement received by Al-Mada, that “a force from the Tarmiyah Regiment of the Baghdad Operations Command of the Popular Mobilization Forces managed to kill two ISIS remnants in the Tarmiyah district in Bustan al-Toubi, north of the capital, Baghdad.”[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the details of the operation, the statement clarified that it "came during a successful ambush by the force."[/size]
[size=45]In addition, the Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of an addition to the ISIS terrorist gangs in Salah al-Din.[/size]
[size=45]The ministry stated in a statement, that "the heroes of the army aviation managed to destroy a guesthouse of the terrorist ISIS gangs in Salah al-Din Governorate."[/size]
[size=45]She added, "The operation was carried out during the duty of reconnaissance, search and inspection within the Salah al-Din Operations Command."[/size]
[size=45]For its part, the Ministry of the Interior announced that a den, explosive devices and other materials had been found in Al-Rashad district in Kirkuk governorate.[/size]
[size=45]The ministry stated in a statement, that "units of the Federal Police, in conjunction with the intelligence effort, carried out a wide search operation within the district of responsibility in Kirkuk."[/size]
[size=45]It indicated that “the operation was carried out from three axes within Al-Rashad district (Wadi Al-Karha and Wadi Al-Shay and East Arab Koy), as it resulted in the destruction of a den of terrorist gangs. Inside it were found solar energy cells and mobile devices, in addition to clothes, food and mattresses. On 3 explosive charges that were dismantled by the engineering effort detachments.[/size]
[size=45]In return, the security forces received, on Wednesday, equipment, weapons and wheels to support anti-terror operations from the international coalition forces.[/size]
[size=45]The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasool, said in a brief statement, "The Iraqi security forces have received equipment, weapons and wheels to support anti-terror operations, and are estimated at $ 5 million from the international coalition forces."[/size]
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